Lead Field Service Specialist - Automated NDE
About The Position
The Lead Services Specialist - Automated NDE is part of the GE Hitachi Nuclear Inspection team and works to inspect nuclear power plants around the world during our customers' refueling outages. Our team deploys a variety of manual and robotic inspection techniques to fit our customers' dose reduction and schedule goals. The In Service Inspection (ISI) team focuses on inspections outside of the reactor vessel and piping and components critical to safe operation. This role provides technical direction and assists the Lead Engineer with oversight of NDE activities on nuclear power plant inspection projects. This technical direction involves communication with customers and supervision of up to 15 contractors and co-workers. The role, additionally, is responsible to support development of processes, techniques, and tooling to meet business needs. This role will primarily focus on filling roles as an automated NDE Data Analyst, Project Level III and/or automated operator. This role involves planning inspection scopes, verifying procedure use and adherence, analyzing automated and manual UT data, and creating UT data reports. The person in this role will work to prepare inspection techniques, procedures, and inspection schedules prior to nuclear power plant outage inspections. This role involves evaluating and documenting performance issues at inspections and working in the off season to improve the tooling and procedures to correct the issues identified.
Requirements
- High school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in automated NDE as a Data Analyst.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 75% to domestically and internationally plant sites
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb 10 flights of stairs twice per day
- Ability to pass respirator fit test and physical
- Ability to pass Fitness for Duty requirements and site security requirements to obtain unescorted access
- Ability to work under high stress conditions
- Ability and willingness to work in radiation-controlled and radioactively contaminated areas
- Ability and willingness to work 12 hrs./day and 7 days/week when needed for project delivery
Nice To Haves
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
- Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
- Established project management skills
Responsibilities
- Provide technical direction and guidance to the GEH inspection teams.
- Review and analyze automated and manual data with the utmost integrity and strict procedure use and adherence.
- Providing technical justification to customers, and regularly interfacing with site Level III's.
- Includes direct people management responsibility including staffing and performance development.
- Utilizes in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline and analytical thinking and technical experience to execute policy/strategy.
- Has knowledge of best practices and is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
- Uses technical experience and analytical thinking to make calls based on best judgement.
- Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions.
- Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
- May lead small projects with low risks and resource requirements.
- Explains information; developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field.
- Conveys performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- prescription drug coverage
- access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
- access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
- tuition assistance
- adoption assistance
- paid parental leave
- disability benefits
- life insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- permissive time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
